In The Oregonian's news podcast, Today in Oregon, for Monday June 9, 2008:

• A Northeast Portland man who was airlifted today off the western flank of Mount Hood is in good condition

• A teacher in Southern Oregon who taped a disobedient kid to a chair will be disciplined but she will not be fired

• University of Oregon wrestlers have filed a lawsuit in hopes of preventing the school from dropping their sport

• The city of Portland appears to be getting reprieve on a line of credit it took out to pay for the streetcar extension to RiverPlace

• The U.S. Supreme Court said today it would hear an appeal by Philip Morris in an Oregon case awarding $79.5 million in punitive damages; the top court had thrown the case twice back to Oregon

• Portland singer Storm Large will don a hard hat on Wednesday, take up a sledgehammer and hack at the walls of Mississippi Studios after performances with the Balls. On Sunday, the venue closes for the summer for renovation and expansion